>The word needs to be spread.... businesses that operate like this deserve the negative reputation they are building. I hope other developers are able to avoid getting hosed like we did making this purchase!

Yeah...and you might want to spread it around that anyone with about 3 minutes and a hex-editor can bypass their 'decompile branding' protection too....I've wanted my $400 back for a coupla years now because of that...seeing how their product is bypassed so easily.